We are a hyper-verbal people. We talk, we argue, we pontificate, we deliver witty repartee and clever put-downs. Jews may not always be great listeners but we are among the world’s great talkers. Ac ...

Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, zt”l, teaches that when we cry out woe is me, we begin to take stock; not just of our actions, but of our presence. Where am I? Who is it who is crying out this way? This i ...

Or, beseech, Hashem, I want to give more tzedakah this year. Can I have a bump in my livelihood so I can help my children more, or provide for my elderly parents? My wife has been wonderful. I want to ...

Harold is saving the best for last. He wants to have a bar mitzvah next year at 103. After all, it's only 90 years past due.

As members of Klal Yisrael, I would hope that we would all offer empathy and compassion. Telling someone NOT to feel is not our way. Discouraging someone from feeling sad or mad or hurt doesn’t work ...

View of destruction in the central Israeli city of Bat Yam a few days after it was hit by a ballistic missile fired from Iran into Israel. June 24, 2025. Ogen, Israel’s largest nonprofit social lender ...

As the Hamas-Israel war in the Gaza Strip enters its 20 th month, France, Britain and Canada have revived the talk about the need to establish a Palestinian state. In a joint statement in mid-May, the ...

In Parshat Naso, the Kohanim are commanded to bless Israel. In fact, in an introduction to this passage, Rabbeinu Bachye notes that the blessing is the 25 th gift given to the Kohanim. The number 25 ...

(Author’s Note: Rabbi Moshe Levinger, Z’l, initiator of renewed Jewish settlement in the city of Hevron, was one of the principle leaders of the Gush Emunim Settlement Movement for nearly forty years.

Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes in Khan Yunis seen from Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 24, 2024. A third Sinwar brother was eliminated Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, ...

Tens of thousands of joyful revelers gathered on Mount Meron Thursday night for the traditional Lag B’Omer celebration at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. The festive event was in full swing, ...